Dreams of home…

In EIGHT DAYS I will hop on a plane and get out of this freezing country, only to find my way to another freezing place. :) ha, it’s funny how that works out. However, the difference is that I will be leaving beautiful people who hardly know me and finding my way back into my intimate community of lovers. It’s a little overwhelming, because there are sooo many people back on the West Coast whom I love so much, yet the MOST IMPORTANT thing is to be with my family, who are sacrificing a real Christmas just so they can eat “saltines and mac-n-cheese with Heather”—my sister’s words…

HOWEVER. My body and soul needs to be in Seattle, for at least 48 hours or so...The plan is to work out a brilliant scheme to see as many people as possible, and still spend tons of time with my family. Hmmmmmm. It shall be great, no matter what!

Things I’m dreaming of eating (always on my thoughts…):

*note: see, I’m mostly a vegetarian, but in Russia it’s hard to be—plus, right now chicken sounds REALLY good. SO, below list is part vegetarian, part not.

• NERVOUS NELLIE’S: toast with butter, cheese, and raspberry jam and an americano
• Top pot donuts: double trouble, lemon bismark, glazed old-fashioned, maple bar, and apple fritter (hopefully all at once…)
• Americanos and Vanilla Lattes—from ANYWHERE, anytime!
• Jai thai: PHAD THAI, chicken or tufu—2 stars! (or maybe 1, because my taste buds have surely adapted to the bland food here…)
• Elliot bay: chicken Caesar sub
• Copper Barrel--vanilla bean chillers
• Thai kitchen: Crab delight
• Trophy Cupcakes—triple chocolate
• Chipotle—veggie fajita burrito with black beans and guac.
• La burrito—chicken chimichanga and all the chips and salsa in the world!
• COFFEE, all the time
• All manners of baked goods, in great quantities—cookies, cakes, brownies, pizzooki, muffins, etc.